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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Spanish Conquest treat religion?
(a) Spain was protecting the Mesoamerican religions.
(b) Spain was integrating Mesoamerican religions.
(c) The Conquest did not relate to religion.
(d) Spain was defending the faith.

2. As Paz uderstands it, what is the Mexican's relation to death?
(a) Intimate and heartbreaking.
(b) Intimate but empty.
(c) Emotionally remote.
(d) Sacrificial.

3. To follow Paz's previous argument, what is the result when one Mexican confides in another?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Dishonor.
(c) Alienation.
(d) Affection.

4. Paz discusses the result of persecution on the pachuco. What is that result?
(a) It strengthens his anger.
(b) It breaks his solitude.
(c) It makes him stronger.
(d) It makes him distrustful.

5. What was the main philosophical objective of the Revolution?
(a) To conquer the past and take it into the present.
(b) To produce several influential Mexican thinkers.
(c) To replace Catholicism with rationalism.
(d) To overthrow the conservative ideals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was unemployment high in Mexico at the time that Paz was writing?

2. What important circumstance did early revolutionary governments not take into account?

3. What mentality does Paz attribute to the Mexican?

4. What is the most valued trait in both the military and political realms?

5. What was the Mexican intellectual's goal?

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